Book hanger



L.' 'r. BASHER BOOK HANGER Filed July 5, 1938 Lab 0 BY p INVENTOR: Zcl ZM7137; m

ATITORNEY 15 The invention is illustrated in the annexed" at I! toengagean aperture H2 in the lower por- PatentedApr.16,l940 a a I UNITED STATESPATENT BOOK HANGER f Leopold T. Bashcr, Los Angelcs, Calif. Applicationmy 5, 1938, Serial No. 217,384

2. Claims. (01. 129 -38) This invention relates to book hangers forbinding, thus drawing the lower end of said plate hanging telephonedirectories, catalogues and the against the back of the bindingv andclamping like. the binding of the directory between the plate I Thegeneral object of the invention is to 'proand the rod 2, with thebinding seated at its vide an improved book hanger which maybe lower endin said hook 5.

. 5 readily attached to a telephone directory for Advertising may beplacedon'the outer side hanging the same in a suitable position for use.of the plate I.

Another object is to provide a book hanger of The directory with thehanger'attached there- I the character stated including a clamp plate toto, as above described, may then be hung, by

be clamped against the outside of the binding of means of the hangerhook 8, on a nail 8 driven 10 a book, and on which plate may be placedan into asuitable support. advertisement. v In the modification of'myinvention shown in-v Other objects and advantages will appear here-Figs. 3 and 4 the rod 2 is formed at its lower end inafter. with a hookl0 bent inwardly at its upper end drawing which forms a part of thisspecification tion ofthe plate I, to lock the lower endofthe andin'which, rod to the lower end of said plate, while an eye 13 Fig. 1 isa perspective of myinvention shown may be formed on'the upper end of therod 2 to applied to a, telephone directory and hung'on a be connectedtoone end of a chain M, which is )1 20 nail driven into a support andsuspending the connected at its other end to an eye screw 15' di t I [tobe driven into a suitable support-for hanging Fig. 2 is a perspective ofmy invention detached a telephone direfltoryfrom a book. With this formof my invention the hanger Fig. 3 is a perspective of a modification ofmy cannot be removed from its support without un- 5 invention. screwingthe eye screw I5 from the support nor v Fig. .4 is a verticallongitudinal section of the can the directory be removed from the hangerlower portion of the modification of my invenwithoutfcohsiderabledifficulty in disengaging the tion shown in Fig. 3., bent end-.1 l ofthe hook ill from the aperture 12 Referring more particularly to thedrawing in in the plate I. 7 go which corresponding parts are designatedby the I claim: I I

same reference numerals in all of the figures, my 1. A book hangercomprising a clampv plate to invention includes primarily a clamp plateI, .and be placed against the back of the binding of a a clamp rod 2,said clamp plate being bent at book, aclamp rod slidably mounted in theupper right angles at its upper end into a flange 3 proend of saidclampplate to beplaced between the l 1 5 vided with an opening 4 throughwhich said rod leaves of the book adjacent the'inner side of the 1extends and forming a slide bearing for said rod, book binding, a hookonthe lower endof said f and said rod being bent upwardly upon and rodfor engagingthe outer side of the lower e'nd v parallel to itself at itslower end into a clamp portion of said plate and for engaging the lowerand supporting hook 5, and bent at its upper end end of said binding,and a' suspension hook'on' 7 I w into a hanger hook 6. I .the upperendof said rod. 5 40 The operation, uses and advantages of my 2. A bookhanger comprisingclampplate'to invention are as follows: be placedagainst the back of the binding *of a To attach my hanger to a book,such as a telephone directory '1, the rod 2 is first lowered 5 throughthe bearing opening 4 in the flange 3 until the hook 5 is below thelower end of the book, a clamp rod slidab ly mounted in the upper end ofsaid clamp plate to be placed between the leaves of the book adjacentthe inner side of ,the

book binding, a hook on the lower end ofsaid rod plate the rod 18 thenintroduced. W? for engaging the-outer side of the lower end porf 9 theectory the mnel tion of said plate and for engaging the lowerend 1 ofits binding, while the plate 1 is placed against x so the outside of thebinding with its flange 3 9 Said bmdmg 5911a bemg 'm Y at against theupper edge of thebinding; the rod 2 us for engagmg aperture said, filampis then drawn upwardly, through the bearing Plate, and {1189115 011 thepp r e d of said rod 1 I opening 4 in the fla ge 3 until t hook 5 forsuspending the hanger and the book to which I v gages the outer side ofthe lower portionof the the hal'lger'is pp clamp plate I and the loweredge of the directory LEOPOLD T. BASHER. a

